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44th Echo Cork Women’s Mini-Marathon 21st Sep 2025 @ Cork City

21/09/2025

  • Date
  • Location City Centre, Cork, Ireland

44th Echo Women’s Mini-Marathon

Centre Park Road,

Sunday September 21st 2025

6km Start time 1pm

The Echo Cork Womens mini Marathon

6K Event Notice – Course Details & Start Times

Start Location: Centre Park Road
Date & Time:

  • Wheelchair Participants: Start at 12:45 PM
  • Runners: Start at 1:00 PM, lining up directly behind the Start Line
  • Walkers: Line up behind the runners
  • Buggy Walkers: Line up behind the walkers

Course Overview (6km / 3.73 miles)

  1. Start: Centre Park Road, heading east toward the Marina
  2. 1km Mark: Near the Marquee venue
  3. 2km Mark: Along the redeveloped Marina, near Holland Park
  4. Blackrock Village: Turn right past the Sunday Market, then right again onto Blackrock Road
  5. 3km Mark: Just after the Ursuline Convent
  6. 4km Mark: Near Barrington’s Avenue
  7. Course Change (TBC):
    • Turn right at Park Avenue (instead of Maryville)
    • Pass the Lavanagh Centre and Joe Duffy Motors (formerly CAB)
  8. 5km Mark: Just before Marquee Road on Monahan Road
  9. Finish: Just before Kennedy Park

Note: The route change at Park Avenue is subject to final confirmation.

Mini-Marathon – Cork Athletics

Race Information – Cork Athletics

Road Closure

Entrance to the start/holding areas are via Mill Road and Marina Walk, off Victoria Road.  Other roads in the area will be closed off and barriered, with security personnel present.  There will be no access from the quay areas. There will be Road Closure Orders in place from 11am on Mill Road, Marina Walk, Kennedy Quay, Centre Park Road, and Monahan Road

Cork minimarathon route

 

Irish Rail – Cork Kent Train station

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail provide great links to Cork Kent Train station from all over the country.

To plan your journey see Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail for timetables and routes.

  • Use the TFI Journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route to & from Cork city centre (Parnell Place Bus Station ).
  • Bus Éireann provide great links to Cork Parnell Place Bus Station from all over the country.

Short walk to Cork city centre, from Rail and Bus stations

City Centre, Cork, Ireland
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